This article showcases our top picks for the best Kentucky based Agriculture companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Agriculture industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Kentucky Agriculture Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Alltech
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Alltech is a global animal health company providing natural, nutritional supplements for livestock and poultry producers.
AppHarvest
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AppHarvest is an AgTech company that specializes in the fields of agriculture, farming, and technology.
FreshFry
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The FreshFry Pod extends the life of your frying oil.
GenCanna
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GenCanna is a comapny that has assembled top-quality genetics for cultivating hemp.
Smart Farm Systems
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Smart Farm provides farmers valuable, real-time, actionable information regarding the status of equipment and crops.
XYZ CBD Group
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XYZ CBD Group is dedicated to transforming lives through the cultivation and production of cannabidiol, or CBD.
Lepidext
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Lepidext is engaged in managing the populations of the Lepidoptera pests by introducing bio-pesticides that are species-specific.
Third Wave Farms
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Third Wave Farms empowers farmers to embrace and sustain industrial hemp.
Elwoh Solutions
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Innovative agriculture technology engineering, SaaS provider, and a Kentucky farming operation producing high-quality alfalfa hay.
Farm Credit Mid-America
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Farm Credit Mid-America is an financial institution dedicated to serving farmers and rural residents
Boyd CAT
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Cecil I Walker Machinery Co. is a business supplies and equipment company providing construction equipment and agriculture equipment.
Silver Fern Group
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Silver Fern Group is a technology company providing software, data analytics, and custom solutions for the horticulture industry.
Caudill Seed
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Caudill Seed manufactures and supplies turf seeds, mixtures, fertilizers, pesticides, biostimulants, water softener salt and animal food.
Farm Credit
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Farm Credit supports rural communities and agriculture with reliable, consistent credit and financial services.
HDR Farms
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HDR Farms provide the very best quality of hemp plants with premium strains of ultra-low THC CBD Oil.
Hutson, Inc.
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Hutson is a farming company providing equipment sales.
Cal-Organic Farms
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Cal-Organic Farms is a food and beverage company, that also a pioneer farm with strong roots in organic produce.
Pomona Farming
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Pomona Farming are the producers of almonds.
Club Chef, LLC
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Club Chef is a food production company offering fruits and vegetables.
Abundant Tree Care Services
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Abundant Tree Care Services serves the tree and plant care needs of homes and businesses to maintain healthy, great-looking trees & shrubs.
De’Aruhuä Indigenous Chocolate
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Indigenous chocolate nutrition starts deep in the forest on the tree. Wild grown, organic cacao, cupuaçu, fruits, teas and medicinal plants.
Awakening Vector
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Awakening Vector information technology company offers image annotation services at low-cost high efficiency for AI companies worldwide.
BlackRidge Resource Partners
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BlackRidge Resource Partners is an independent exploration and production company that focuses on pursuing energy opportunities.
Agri-Chem
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Agri-Chem is a regional agricultural input supplier that specializes in fertilisers, crop protection, seeds, and custom applications.
PAS
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PAS focuses on technology development that offers auditing, training, and consulting services for the biotechnology and farming industries.
Third Rock Consultants
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Third Rock Consultants offers ecological surveys, restoration designs, watershed planning, erosion control and aquatic taxonomy services.
American Farm Mortgage & Financial Services
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American Farm Mortgage & Financial Services provides agricultural real estate loans and leasing products services.
First & Farmers National Bank, Inc
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First & Farmers National Bank, Inc has operations all over Kentucky.
Nationwide Equipment Funding
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Nationwide Equipment Funding provides business owners financing services to buy tractors, tillers, planters, mowers, pivots, and forklifts.
ITB
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ITB is a supplier of sprayers, spreaders, foaming and dispensing equipment.
Claiborne Farm
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Claiborne Farm has been owned and operated by the Hancock family and including Hall of Fame members Nashua and Bold Ruler.
Ag Credit
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Ag Credit is a financial consultancy that offers a wide range of loans such as farm, land and agri-business.
Sul4r-Plus
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Sul4r-Plus is a fertilizer manufacturing company that provides plant based nutritional products and overall health of the crops.
US Chia
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US Chia is a grower and provider of chia seeds for equine use so that horse owners can enjoy the benefits of chia.
Atalo Health
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Atalo Health is an agriculture and biotechnology firm specializing in the production of US-based hemp.
Agriculture More Than Ever
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Agriculture More Than Ever is an agriculture fan page that provides agriculture-related information.
OrganoCat
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OrganoCat is a company based in green science and engineering.
Hopkinsville Elevator
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Hopkinsville Elevator provides agricultural operations.
Monty’s Plant Food
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Monty’s Plant Food is a crop management product company.
Legro Group
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Legro Group offers agricultural products production, transportation and sales services.
kentucky Farms Are Fun
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Kentucky Farms Are Fun allows farmers to generate additional income and provides educational opportunities to the public about agriculture.
Antle Marketing
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Antle Marketing offers direct transportation of agricultural produce from the farms.
Herron Auction & Realty
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Herron Auction & Realty provides land auction and agricultural real estate services.